What's New

The following is a listing of major feature additions which have been made in the latest Maintenance + release of RocPlane.

For a complete list of changes and bug fixes since the initial release of RocPlane, see the RocPlane Update History page on our website.

Version 4.010

Added option to populate Excel Template from existing model parameters in Automate from Excel using the Create Excel Template from Current option.
Added option to Save As RocPlane File(s) in Automate from Excel dialog.

Added option to report Probability of Failure as either fraction or percent in Display Options dialog.

Added active and passive bolt forces to the list of sensitivity analysis options
Added bolt property probabilistic analysis functionality
Updated Export Dataset dialog. Fixed problem with Save and Copy buttons not working correct before.
Updated icons
Fixed bug with Pressure Distribution Model dropdown box not disabled correctly when Plane Water Pressure is unchecked (in probabilistic analysis mode)
Fixed bug with Edit Footer Block dlg not opening up correctly
Added Tutorial 11 - Back Analysis of Bolt Property
Updated Batch Compute and Automated Compute dialog layout and buttons. Added a Warnings box summarizing any warnings or errors that may have occurred during reading or writing. Added a check for overwriting old results. Moved Automated Compute from File to Analysis menu.
Updated deterministic Input Data dialog UI
Added user defined bolt type to bolt properties
Fixed bug of import bolt properties file selection dialog incorrectly filtering for SWedge file types.

Compute several Deterministic, and/or Probabilistic analysis models using saved RocPlane model files. Quickly generate results for several RocPlane model files (.pln, .pln4) through Batch Compute feature.
Option to add RocPlane model files to File Queue individually and/or from a folder.
Option to output results as text file (.txt) or Excel (.xlsx) format for viewing and data postprocessing.

Compute several Deterministic, or Probabilistic analysis cases using preprocessed Excel input data. Quickly generate results for several RocPlane inputs through Automate from Excel feature.
Option to add Excel input files to File Queue individually and/or from a folder.
Option to output results as text file (.txt) or Excel (.xlsx) format for viewing and data postprocessing.

Define Bolt Properties from the following types: Mechanically Anchored, Grouted Dowel, Cable Bolt, Split Set, Swellex, and Simple Bolt Force
Option to use bolt Shear Strength instead when the bolt is in the right deformation mode
Option to apply Bolt Orientation Efficiency factor calculated from the Cosine Tension/Shear or Linear Tension/Shear method
Bolt Model (Active/Passive bolts) is now associated with Bolt Property instead of each individual bolt

Apply Ponded Water Pressure to the Slope and/or Upper Face by specifying the depth of ponded water
Define Slope Face Type from the following types: Pervious and Impervious
Model Plane Water in conjunction with Ponded Water

Option to Form Only Valid Tension Cracks for Deterministic analysis
When Specify Location puts the Tension Crack outside of the wedge extents, the analysis computes Factor of Safety without Tension Crack